Paint remover



March 25, 1947. J. H. MULLER 2,417,943

PAINT REMOVER Filed April 25, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 March 25, 1947. J. H. MULLER PAINT REMOVER Filed April 25, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 fi/MUAAE/E Patented Mar. 25, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PAINT REMOVER John H. Muller, New Rochelle, N. Y.

Application April 25, 1945, Serial No. 590,221

1 Claim. 1

The present invention relates to new and use ful improvements in devices for removing paint from painted surfaces and the invention has for its primary object to provide an electrically heated tool adapted to be moved over the painted surface for softening the paint in order to facilitate the removal thereof.

An important object of the invention is to provide a device of this character adapted to form an attachment to a conventional form of electric soldering iron by removing the tip of the iron and attaching an enlarged head thereon to be heated by the iron and adapted to be moved across the painted surface for softening the paint thereon.

A further object of the invention is to provide a paint removing tool of this character of simple and practical construction, which is efficient and reliable in operation, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevational view with parts broken away and shown in section.

Figure 2 is a rear end elevational view,

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view.

Figure 4 is a top plan View.

Figure 5 is a Side elevational View of a modified handled connection.

Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of a removable base for an electric iron to be converted into a paint remover.

Figure '7 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 8 is a bottom plan view and Figure 9 is a transverse sectional view taken on a line 99 of Figure 6.

Referring now to the drawings in detail and first with respect to the form of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 4, inclusive, the numeral 5 designates a conventional form of electric soldering iron from which the tip thereof has been removed and the front end of the iron inserted in a socket or recess 6 formed in the rear edge of a metal head 1 and secured therein by a screw or the like 8.

The head I is of tapering construction toward its front end and formed with a substantially flat bottom 9, the front end of which is rounded as at ID to facilitate sliding of the bottom 9 of the head along a painted surface to heat the paint and thus soften the paint to facilitate its removal by a putty knife or other scraping tool.

The bottom surface of the head I is formed with a longitudinally extending recess II which extends through the rear edge of the head and terminates short of the front end thereof as illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawings. The recess H is preferably transversely rounded as indicated in Figure 2 of the drawings and the side edges of the recess are disposed inwardly of the side edges of the head to provide runners l2 at the sides of the head adapted to engage the painted surface for heating the latter, the recess ll permittin the buckling of the paint at the center of the head and at its rear edge to facilitate removal of the paint by a putty knife or other scraping tool.

In Figure 5 I have illustrated an attaching stud I3 recessed in the rear of the head M for attaching a handle (not shown) thereto, where the head is constructed of a relatively large size.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figures 5 to 9, inclusive, the heater is constructed in the form of an interchangeable base IE to be substituted for the usual base of an electric iron of conventional construction. lhe front of the base It is formed with an upstanding recessed guard i6 adapted to receive the pointed front end of the body of the iron which is secured to the base l5 by studs carried by the iron threaded in recesses il in the top of the base l5 and the side of the base is formed with upstanding flanges 18.

A recess I9 is formed in the bottom of the base if) extending forwardly from its rear edge and terminating short of the front edge thereof to function in a manner as explained with respect to the recess l I formed in the head I.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanyin drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the construction, operation and advantages of a tool of this character will be quite apparent to those skilled in the art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though I have herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of my invention that the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

A paint remover comprising an elongated metallic body having a socket in its rear edge adapted for receiving an electrically heated tool for heating the body, said body having a flat bottom and a recess in the bottom of the body extending forwardly from its rear edge with the side edges of the recess spaced inwardly from the side edges of the body and converging forwardly, said body being adapted for moving over a painted surface for softening the paint thereon and said recess being adapted to receive paint buckled on the painted surface, said recess being UNITED STATES PA'I'EN'IB concave longitudinally and transversely of said Number Name Date body and open at its rear end to form the buckled 1,809,718 McNeil June 9' 1931 paint intO blisters t0 facilitate removal 01 the 6 1 1 113 l July 2 1931 buckledpa-int y sc i tOOl- 254 925 wlrth Sept. 2, 1941 JOHN MULLER 2,288,464 Kitchener June so, 1942 REFERENCES CITED FOREIGN PATENTS The following references are of record in the 10 Number Country Date file of this patent: 535.994 French May 25, 1921 

